Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal (galano), 1698F, NGC VF details / holed, rev damage.S-P42; KM-R26; Cal-694.26.69 grams.Boldly struck on a smallish flan with about 50% legends, minimal doubling, attractively toned, with strange waffle pattern on upper-left castle (apparently a punch applied to the surface long ago), holed at about 1 o'clock on cross side / 8 o'clock on pillars side, die-match with Lazaro #237.
($3500-5000)